CHICAGO-U.S. packaging machinery shipments increased by 6 percent to $7.9 billion, in 2013, reports PMMI. A rise in retail-ready packaging (RRP) is changing the role of secondary packaging. PMMI released the findings of its 2014 State of the Industry: Packaging Machinery Shipments Study (SOTI) and 2014 Secondary Packaging market research study.

KUOPIO, Finland, Nov. 4, 2014 (Press Release) -On 30 September 2014, Powerflute Oyj ("Powerflute" or the "Company") announced that it had entered into a conditional agreement with Stora Enso Oyj ("Stora Enso") for the acquisition of Corenso, an international producer of cores and coreboard (the "Acquisition").